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Ananth Krishnan on What China’s Rise Means for India
Season 4 Episode 9
In the summer of 2008, the journalist Ananth Krishnan moved to Beijing to pick up some Mandarin. Little did he know that this fateful decision would …
5 years, 10 months ago
Sumitra Badrinathan and Devesh Kapur Decode the 2020 Indian American Vote
Season 4 Episode 8
Although Indians in America account for less than one percent of registered voters, this election season they have been actively wooed by both Democr…
5 years, 11 months ago
Paul Staniland on the Surprising Decline in Political Violence in South Asia
Season 4 Episode 7
The political landscape of South Asia has changed dramatically in the last two decades. Insurgencies that were raging across the subcontinent in the …
5 years, 11 months ago
Nidhi Razdan on the State of the Indian Media
Season 4 Episode 6
If you’ve watched prime time television in India at any point in the last two decades, there is zero chance that you are not acquainted with Milan’s …
5 years, 11 months ago
Ashley J. Tellis on India’s China Conundrum
Season 4 Episode 5
For the first time in decades, shots have been fired between China and India along the Line of Actual Control. As India grapples with the twin domest…
5 years, 11 months ago
Sadanand Dhume and Tanvi Madan on India’s Triple Whammy: COVID, China, and the Economy
Season 4 Episode 4
This week on Grand Tamasha, Milan is joined by podcast regulars Sadanand Dhume of the American Enterprise Institute and the Wall Street Journal and T…
6 years ago
Scaachi Koul on the Collision of Indian Politics and Culture
Season 4 Episode 3
Scaachi Koul is an Indo-Canadian culture writer at Buzzfeed and the author of the 2017 book of essays, “One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Wi…
6 years ago
The Life and Times of Amit Varma
Season 4 Episode 2
If you’re listening to this podcast, chances are you are a fan of the podcast, “The Seen and the Unseen.” For 186 episodes and counting, the journali…
6 years ago
Pratap Bhanu Mehta on Indian Democracy at 73
Season 4 Episode 1
On August 15, 2020, India celebrated its 73rd birthday. To reflect on the state of Indian democracy and to kick off the podcast’s fourth season, Prat…
6 years ago
Vipul Mudgal on India’s Policing Challenge
Season 3 Episode 21
The police in India, as in America, face a reckoning. From the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests to the Delhi riots and the COVID pandemic, rec…
6 years, 3 months ago